The Quest..... ...for Shangri-La began in Tacheng near the Yangtze and continued to Cizhong, on a bluff above the Mekong River. (Searching For Shangri-La) I was already in awe of the jaw-dropping landscape of mountains, gorges and neat terraced villages perched on remote plateaux. Was this place, just miles from Myanmar and Tibet, … [Read more...]
Searching for Shangri-La
The northwest corner of Yunnan Province is one of China's most beautiful and wild regions. Here the Mekong, Yangtze and Salween rivers tumble from the Tibetan Plateau carving jaw-dropping gorges twice the depth of the Grand Canyon. Mt. Kawagebo soars to 22,000ft, crowning ranges of mountains where more than one hundred tower over 16,000ft. This … [Read more...]
Endangered Orangutans Up Close and Personal
A year ago I was on the Orion, a boat bound for Borneo and the tiny port of Kumai. Kumai has the dubious distinction of being the birds-nest soup capital of the world. Soup production, however, was a side-show. Endangered orangutans were our quest. We were on an expedition arranged by Lindblad to see these primates in their home. Destination Camp … [Read more...]
Most Memorable, from Borneo to Brazil, Images of 2014
Most Endangered... Seeing orangutans in their own habitat was a thrill. Swinging across the jungle canopy in family groups, babies clinging to mother's bellies. They are endangered due to poaching and destruction of habitat. In September I traveled by klotok, local boat, four hours along the Sekonyer River into central Borneo's jungle. … [Read more...]
Is Flight MH370 Here….?
...Somewhere in the Steppes of Central Asia? Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan? The missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 can land on a long level surface, not necessarily tarmac. Latest leads are that it headed towards the Indian Ocean or Central Asia. If it went north to Central Asia there are so many flat areas for it to land. Yak pastures, … [Read more...]
